Jim C. wrote:
> I've got signs of life!! uh... but not much else.
>
>> Here is what *I* have in my i386 modprobe.conf for ivtv:
>>> # ivtv modules setup
>>> alias char-major-81 videodev
>>> alias char-major-81-0 ivtv
>>> install ivtv /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install ivtv; /sbin/modprobe ivtv-fb
>
> OK but I've no idea what videodev is. AtRPM's doesn't seem to carry a
> 64bit version of this.
No, its a part of kernel RPM. Again, read Jarod's HOWTO for more
information.
>> (OK, the last line is because I'm loading a framebuffer for TV-out. I'm
>> not using it yet, but I'm loading it, and it loads the ivtv-fb module
>> for me as well.)
>
> OK, refresh my memory please. What is a framebuffer and why would you
> use one?
A framebuffer is a place to hold video frames for easy displaying. In
this case, it can be used by an X11 driver to run an X server on and it
will display on anything attached to the TV-out (generally a TV set).
Personally I'd like to try this in the future, but for now, I'm content
with my PVR-350 producing .mpg files, and watching them either through
MythTV or MPlayer directly on my video monitor.
>> I know it works when "mplayer /dev/video" works for me. You *might*
>> have to select a valid channel first with "ivtvctl -c channelnumber".
>> You might also want to make sure that you've enabled the proper tuner
>> type (NTSC/PAL) and a few more things.
>
> Are you sure the syntax is correct for "ivtvctl -c channelnumber" above?
> I get the usage when I do "ivtvctl -c 2" for example.
>
> Aha! Perhaps you meant:
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$ ivtv-tune -c 2
> /dev/video0: 55.250 MHz
Yeah, that's the ticket! (Sorry for the confusion.)
> mplayer produced a snow storm but it did seem to change a bit depending
> on which channel I was on. mplayer output is at the end of this email.
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$ ivtv-detect
> driver: ivtv-0.7.0 (tagged release)
> card: Hauppauge WinTV PVR-350, bus info 0000:01:08.0, ivtv card #0
> hardware: saa7115 saa7127 msp34xx tuner tveeprom
> /dev/video0: MPG encoding (links: /dev/video)
> /dev/radio0: Radio (links: /dev/radio)
> /dev/vbi0: VBI encoding (links: /dev/vbi)
> /dev/vbi8: VBI from MPG
> /dev/video16: MPG decoding
> /dev/vbi16: VBI decoding
> /dev/video24: PCM encoding
> /dev/video32: YUV encoding
> /dev/video48: YUV decoding
>
>
>> See the ivtvctl man page for lots of good info.
>
> No can do unless I can find it online:
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$ man ivtvctl
> No manual entry for ivtvctl
Again, my bad, read the files in your documentation in:
/usr/share/doc/ivtv-0.7.0
>> Have you read the (old) MythTV HOWTO (at:
>> http://wilsonet.com/mythtv/fcmyth.php )for its ivtv info? Take with a
>> grain of salt since some things have changed, but it was enough to help
>> get my configuration working for me. Be sure to read section 10 on
>> capture cards. There is a whole subsection on ivtv based cards.
>>
>> Also, look at your /var/log/messages file, a capture of the stuff
>> between:
>>
>> ivtv: ==================== START INIT IVTV ====================
>>
>> and:
>>
>> ivtv: ==================== END INIT IVTV ====================
>>
>> is helpful to know when you decide that it isn't working right!
>> Just because the modules are loaded, doesn't mean its working. You
>> could be having 2.6.17 issues, as Axel mentioned.
>>
>
> Here is my mplayer output:
Where is the information from your system logs????? It will be more
helpful than what you've provided below....
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$ ivtv-tune -c 52
> /dev/video0: 391.250 MHz
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$ mplayer /dev/video
> MPlayer 1.0pre8-3.2.3 (C) 2000-2006 MPlayer Team
> CPU: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3200+ (Family: 15, Model: 47, Stepping: 0)
> CPUflags: MMX: 1 MMX2: 1 3DNow: 1 3DNow2: 1 SSE: 1 SSE2: 1
>
>
> 93 audio & 211 video codecs
> Linux RTC init error in ioctl (rtc_irqp_set 1024): Permission denied
> Try adding "echo 1024 > /proc/sys/dev/rtc/max-user-freq" to your system
> startup scripts.
> Opening joystick device /dev/input/js0
> Can't open joystick device /dev/input/js0: No such file or directory
> Can't init input joystick
> Setting up LIRC support...
> mplayer: could not connect to socket
> mplayer: No such file or directory
> Failed to open LIRC support.
> You will not be able to use your remote control.
>
> Playing /dev/video.
> MPEG-PS file format detected.
> VIDEO: MPEG2 720x480 (aspect 2) 29.970 fps 9600.0 kbps (1200.0 kbyte/s)
> ==========================================================================
> Opening audio decoder: [mp3lib] MPEG layer-2, layer-3
> AUDIO: 48000 Hz, 2 ch, s16le, 384.0 kbit/25.00% (ratio: 48000->192000)
> Selected audio codec: [mp3] afm: mp3lib (mp3lib MPEG layer-2, layer-3)
> ==========================================================================
> No vidix driver name provided, probing available ones (-v option for
> details)!
> [mga] Error occurred during pci scan: Operation not permitted
> [nvidia_vid] Error occurred during pci scan: Operation not permitted
> [radeon] Error occurred during pci scan: Operation not permitted
> [savage_vid] Error occurred during pci scan: Operation not permitted
> [mga] Error occurred during pci scan: Operation not permitted
> [SiS] Error occurred during pci scan: Operation not permitted
> [pm3] Error occurred during pci scan: Operation not permitted
> [rage128] Error occurred during pci scan: Operation not permitted
> [cyberblade] Error occurred during pci scan: Operation not permitted
> [unichrome] Error occurred during pci scan: Operation not permitted
> [mach64] Error occurred during pci scan: Operation not permitted
> [VO_SUB_VIDIX] Couldn't find working VIDIX driver.
> ==========================================================================
> Opening video decoder: [mpegpes] MPEG 1/2 Video passthrough
> VDec: vo config request - 720 x 480 (preferred colorspace: Mpeg PES)
> Could not find matching colorspace - retrying with -vf scale...
> Opening video filter: [scale]
> The selected video_out device is incompatible with this codec.
> Try adding the scale filter, e.g. -vf spp,scale instead of -vf spp.
> VDecoder init failed :(
> Opening video decoder: [libmpeg2] MPEG 1/2 Video decoder libmpeg2-v0.4.0b
> Selected video codec: [mpeg12] vfm: libmpeg2 (MPEG-1 or 2 (libmpeg2))
> ==========================================================================
> alsa-init: using device default
> alsa: 48000 Hz/2 channels/4 bpf/65536 bytes buffer/Signed 16 bit Little
> Endian
> AO: [alsa] 48000Hz 2ch s16le (2 bytes per sample)
> Starting playback...
> VDec: vo config request - 720 x 480 (preferred colorspace: Planar YV12)
> VDec: using Planar YV12 as output csp (no 0)
> Movie-Aspect is 1.33:1 - prescaling to correct movie aspect.
> VO: [xv] 720x480 => 720x540 Planar YV12
> alsa-uninit: pcm closed 0.017 ct: -0.290 353/353 22% 1% 1.8% 0 0
>
> Exiting... (Quit)
Does MPlayer work for other videos for you yet? It looks like you have
configured it to use a VIDIX driver for output, but you don't have one
installed? Does "mplayer -vo xv /dev/video" work any better for you?
Here's my output:
> Playing /dev/video.
> Win32 LoadLibrary failed to load: avisynth.dll, /usr/lib/win32/avisynth.dll,
> /usr/local/lib/win32/avisynth.dll
> MPEG-PS file format detected.
> VIDEO: MPEG2 480x480 (aspect 2) 29.970 fps 6000.0 kbps (750.0 kbyte/s)
> ==========================================================================
> Opening audio decoder: [mp3lib] MPEG layer-2, layer-3
> AUDIO: 48000 Hz, 2 ch, s16le, 384.0 kbit/25.00% (ratio: 48000->192000)
> Selected audio codec: [mp3] afm: mp3lib (mp3lib MPEG layer-2, layer-3)
> ==========================================================================
> ==========================================================================
> Opening video decoder: [mpegpes] MPEG 1/2 Video passthrough
> VDec: vo config request - 480 x 480 (preferred colorspace: Mpeg PES)
> Could not find matching colorspace - retrying with -vf scale...
> Opening video filter: [scale]
> The selected video_out device is incompatible with this codec.
> Try adding the scale filter, e.g. -vf spp,scale instead of -vf spp.
> VDecoder init failed :(
> Opening video decoder: [libmpeg2] MPEG 1/2 Video decoder libmpeg2-v0.4.0b
> Selected video codec: [mpeg12] vfm: libmpeg2 (MPEG-1 or 2 (libmpeg2))
> ==========================================================================
> alsa-init: using device default
> alsa: 48000 Hz/2 channels/4 bpf/32768 bytes buffer/Signed 16 bit Little Endian
> AO: [alsa] 48000Hz 2ch s16le (2 bytes per sample)
> Starting playback...
> V
My MPlayer comes from the Livna Repository (it was the easiest to
configure for me, and I got it installed & running long before I started
playing with IVTV and MythTV). I've configured MPlayer to mostly use
the default settings, which for video output would use the XV driver....
--
Kevin J. Cummings
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